Author: SMITH, WADDELL F.
Title: Pony Express Versus Wells Fargo Express, Or Hoof Prints That Can Not Be Eroded By Time (Also Includes the "a Preamble to Pony Express Versus Wells Fargo Express")
Description: San Rafael, CA: Pony Express History and Art Gallery, 1966. 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. "Waddell F. Smith (1899-1970) was a great grandson of William B. Waddell, member of the freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell, founders, owners and operators of the Pony Express. Smith retired from military service in 1949 and fulfilled his lifelong wish to study the history of the Pony Express and correct "misinterpretations of history" crediting Wells Fargo as taking over the Pony Express. He settled in San Rafael, Calif. Where he created the Pony Express History and Art Gallery. The Gallery was a part-time headquarters for the Pony Express Centennial Association, of which Smith was founder and President. Waddell Smith wrote Stage Lines and Express Companies in California (1965) and a number of smaller works. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Western Americana Waddell F. Smith Pony Express Wells Fargo Express American History
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Title: Pony Express Versus Wells Fargo Express, Or Hoof Prints That Can Not Be Eroded By Time (Also Includes the "a Preamble to Pony Express Versus Wells Fargo Express")
Description: San Rafael, CA: Pony Express History and Art Gallery, 1966. 1st Printing. Stapled wraps. This is a trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. The booklet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers are clean and bright. The text pages are clean and bright. "Waddell F. Smith (1899-1970) was a great grandson of William B. Waddell, member of the freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell, founders, owners and operators of the Pony Express. Smith retired from military service in 1949 and fulfilled his lifelong wish to study the history of the Pony Express and correct "misinterpretations of history" crediting Wells Fargo as taking over the Pony Express. He settled in San Rafael, Calif. Where he created the Pony Express History and Art Gallery. The Gallery was a part-time headquarters for the Pony Express Centennial Association, of which Smith was founder and President. Waddell Smith wrote Stage Lines and Express Companies in California (1965) and a number of smaller works. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .
Keywords: Western Americana Waddell F. Smith Pony Express Wells Fargo Express American History
Price: US$ 15.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 44937
- Book number: 44937
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